Social Engagement

Social Engagement

D-Link markets networking equipment to the world and is the most popular in the global consumer networking equipment market. In addition to providing excellent products and services, D-Link established the core spirit, "localized charity activities", through the Care Club, the Outing Club and the Public Relations Office. D-Link is actively organizing and responding to various social care activities. The Company hopes to connect love and good deeds with social needs through its involvement in technology.

In 2022, D-Link worked with 15 charity partners and invested 6 times more resources than the previous year, over $2.35 million, to implement 13 social engagement projects/activities, benefiting a total of 1,863 people, including social welfare organizations, children in remote areas, social enterprises, sports teams, people with physical and mental disabilities, disadvantaged groups, etc.

Social Engagement Statistics in 2022

DATE
Project/Event
Invested Resources
Results
Social Influence
SDGs
1/12
Blood Drive
18,088
  • Number of participants: 92 pax
  • Bags of donation: 132 bags
Initiated by the Care Club, the Company invited its employees and neighboring companies to support the Internal Medicine Thousand People Blood Donation Campaign and purchase the charity goods from Sheltered Workshop as gifts.
D-Link solved the blood bank shortage and helped the underprivileged stand on their own through gift procurement.
Jan.- Aug.
Flower Subscriptions from NPO
3,700
  • Ordered more than 37 bouquets during the year, which amounted to over NT$3,700.
Since 2017, D-Link’s employees have been subscribing to the Heart Lake Flower Shop on a weekly basis. The Company ordered nearly 40 bouquets of flowers each year to help people with physical and mental disabilities find confidence and develop self-sufficiency while beautifying office spaces and allowing staff to heal their bodies and minds through the fragrance and energy of flowers and plants.

8/25
Blood Drive
30,910
  • Number of participants: 92 pax
  • Bags of donation: 126 bags
Initiated by the Care Club, the Company invited its employees and neighboring companies to support the Internal Medicine Thousand People Blood Donation Campaign and purchase the charity goods from Sheltered Workshop as gifts.
D-Link solved the blood bank shortage and helped the underprivileged stand on their own through gift procurement.
 
9/5
2022 Pomelo of Happiness
39,000
  • A total of 33 people ordered 60 sets of pomelo gift boxes, with a total weight of nearly 200 kg.
In response to the seed social enterprise’s “2022 Pomelo of Happiness” project, the Care Club and the Outing Club launched an organic pomelo subscription campaign, inviting employees to join in actions to support friendly farming products, and the proceeds will be used for dinners for the children in the remote villages that the Hualien County Growth Holistic Care Association counsels.
D-Link helped pomelo farmers live without worry, sustainably develop tribal industries and organic culture, provide meals to schoolchildren in rural areas.
10/1
”Make the Sea Cleaner”  Beach Cleanup Event
48,480
  • A total of 40 people participated in the 1.5 hours to remove more than 25 bags of marine litter.
The Beach Cleanup on the Linshan Cape Trail was organized by the Care Club, the Outing Club and the Cycling Club.
By helping to restore the beach and conserve the marine ecology,D-Link is able to unite the team spirit of its employees and emphasize the importance of the ecological crisis through physical environmental education.
11/21
“Citrus Wishes”  Honeybee Restoration Project
26,400
  • A total of 44 boxes were ordered and donated to local social welfare organizations.
The Company initiated the joint purchase Citrus from the “Citrus Wishes” Project to support environmentally friendly agricultural practices.
A balanced ecological environment is created by preserving biodiversity, sustaining sufficient income for farmers, keeping local people healthy, giving the land a respite, and allowing nature’s guiding insect, the honey bee, to return to its habitat.
 
12/2
Used Shoes Save Lives
8,983
  • 228 pairs of shoes collected in 3 hours.
“Used Shoes Save Lives” campaign organized by the Care Club and neighborhood businesses to collect used shoes from employees and neighborhood businesses/residents for donation to Africa.
Donors can get a fresher and cleaner home environment, and contribute to charity at the same time; rescue people in Africa from fleas; and extend the life cycle of goods, reduce waste, and be kind to the environment and people.
 
12/2
Citrus Wish for Love
6,000
  • A total of 10 boxes of fruit were donated to two social welfare organizations in the Neihu area.
A batch of charity citrus were subscribed and the subscribed fruits were donated to local social welfare organizations – the Taipei City Jinlong Development Center under the Syin-Lu Social Welfare Foundation and Taipei City Private Women’s and Children’s Home under the Eden Social Welfare Foundation.
Agricultural products were to local social welfare organizations to provide nutrition for the physically and mentally challenged and children receiving early treatment, and further match resources through visits and understanding the needs of local organizations.
 
12/19
D-Link, The Link
10,154
  • Provide meals, a laptop and a wireless router to social welfare organizations, conduct network health checks, and provide Internet and information security education to disadvantaged students.
D-Link conducted network checkups, donated equipment, and provided Internet and information security education for the Daqiaotou Children and Youth Base in collaboration with the Dreamers Non-profit Organization and the Fun Scene World, which focuses on after-school companionship and moral education for disadvantaged children.
The Company has combined the characteristics of the industry to improve the quality of connectivity for social welfare organizations, assist disadvantaged students in gaining equal access to learning resources, and enable networking and information security education to build the foundation from a young age through educational elementary school activities.
   
12/22
Laptop Donation
93,660
  • A total of 20 laptops were donated.
D-Link donated 20 used laptops to the Dreamers Non-profit Organization and then donated them to micro social welfare organizations in need throughout Taiwan.
D-Link extended the life cycle of usable materials and reduce waste; it also helped social welfare organizations that need to teach remotely due to the pandemic to meet their needs for laptops and other equipment to meet equal learning.
 
12/30
Massage Fee Donation
12,200
  • The total amount of NT$12,200 for massages from August to November was donated to the Taipei City Jinlong Development Center.
Since August, D-Link has started the “Massage from the Physically Disabled Project”, employing visually impaired masseurs with Grade B massage technician’s license as regular employees to provide weekly services, and donating all massage fees from August to November to the Taipei City Jinlong Development Center, totaling NT$12,200.
D-Link provided equal rights to work for the physically and mentally challenged and help them become independent; it also provided massage services to relieve the stress of its employees; all massage fees are donated to social welfare organizations to support their operational needs such as taking care of the physically and mentally challenged.
   
12/31
Support Professional Sports Teams
1,009,798
  • D-Link sponsored sports events to promote health awareness, and the team helped reveal D-Link’s premium brand image and provided opportunities to watch games and cultivate healthy and quality leisure entertainment.
By sponsoring the professional basketball team of TSG Falcons, D-Link supported the sports industry and actively acts as a promoter of youth sports, looking forward to nurturing more basketball players.The Company plans to nurture more basketball players.
D-Link promotes the sports atmosphere, fully supports Taiwan’s outstanding athletes, and at the same time promotes the sports atmosphere of the people and enhances health awareness in order to create a healthy society.
    
12/31
D-Link Group Scholarship
1,051,784
  • Eight foreign students from Ukraine, Ethiopia, Indonesia and India benefited from the first session.
In cooperation with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), D-Link established the “D-Link Group Scholarship” to provide 10 full scholarships for master’s degree to encourage and subsidize Ukrainian and other foreign students to study in Taiwan.
Nurture industry excellence and enhance international visibility.

Total

2,359,157

D-Link’s Social Participation Projects in 2021

Support Public Health Care

D-Link’s headquarters and Taiwan branch has long been supporters of the blood drives organized by the Taipei Blood Center of the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation. They participated in the Internal Medicine Thousand People Blood Donation Charity Event organized by the Internal Medicine Development Association. In the year 2022, a blood donation event was held in front of the headquarters building with the enthusiastic response of employees and neighboring residents. A total of 258 bags of blood were collected, with 184 people participating and a total of 129,000cc of blood donated.
D-Link provides a friendly environment for employees to donate blood. Employees of nearby companies and residents of neighboring communities are also invited to participate. We uphold the spirit of “donate a bag of blood to save a life” and “spreading love to save lives”, and transform the spirit into practical actions. To encourage employees to participate, D-Link purchased sheltered workshop products as incentives to help the disadvantaged to become self-sufficient while paying attention to public health care.

Foster Social Enterprises

Since 2013, the Care Club has launched an annual charity subscription campaign by inviting employees to support friendly farming products so that pomelo farmers do not need to worry about the possible disasters caused by typhoons in summer. They can have a comfortable life and help develop tribal industries and organic culture with their spare time, achieving stable growth for the entire village.
In 2022, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Care Club and the Outing Club responded to the “2022 Pomelo of Happiness” project of the seed social enterprise by inviting employees to support friendly farming products through their actions. Moreover, the profits from subscribing pomelos were used as dinners for children in remote areas who are assisted by the Hualien County Growth Holistic Care Association. In 2022, about 30 executives and colleagues participated in the subscription, ordering 15 cases and 60 boxes, totaling 180 kg of organic grapefruit. These grapefruits have passed organic verification, allowing the employees to eat with peace of mind while showing their love and making an impact on food education, and allowing the project to benefit farmers, rural students, and employees at the same time.

Citrus Subscription Program: Changing Taiwan through Consumption

In order to continue to develop the rural and tribal industries, and to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, D-Link participates in the Citrus Wishes subscription to keep the Citrus Wishes program going. In addition to helping local bees return to their habitat, creating a balanced ecological environment, and maintaining fruit farmers’ income, D-Link hopes to benefit local social welfare groups in Neihu with the results of the subscription. The D-Link volunteers brought boxes of citrus and visited the Taipei City Jinlong Development Center under the Syin-Lu Social Welfare Foundation and the Taipei City Private Women’s and Children’s Home under the Eden Social Welfare Foundation so that the mentally and physically challenged and the children in early treatment could enjoy the fresh fruits irrigated with love and care, and enhance their sense of warmth and happiness.
 
 

“Make the Sea Cleaner” Linshan Cape Trail Beach Cleanup Event

Thanks to the joint efforts of the D-Link Care Club, the Outing Club and the Cycling Club, the beach clean-up event, which had been postponed due to the pandemic, finally restarted in 2022. In October, more than 40 employees and their families and friends put on gloves and picked up tools to pick up trash from the sandy beaches and rocky crevices along the shoreline of the Linshan Cape Trail in the Shihmen District, New Taipei City. Together, they make the sea cleaner. In just one and a half hours, more than 25 bags of marine waste were cleaned up, bringing a proud and shocking impact to the participants.

Used Shoes Save Lives

In December 2022, D-Link cooperated with enterprises for the first time to hold a used shoes collection event, inviting everyone to gather their love and start the cycle of goodness with a pair of used shoes, sending the blessings across the ocean to Africa, helping local children to wear shoes and stop being afraid of the threat of sand fleas. In just 3 hours, 228 pairs of shoes were collected and the response was overwhelming. Such action allows the Donors to get a fresher and cleaner home environment, and contribute to charity at the same time; rescue people in Africa from fleas; and extend the life cycle of goods, reduce waste, and be kind to the environment and people.

 

Network Checkups and Information Security Workshop for Social Welfare Association

On the eve of Christmas, D-Link joined hands with  the Dreamers Non-profit Organization and the Fun Scene World to give full play to the functions and characteristics of the network communication industry, and conducted a network checkup for the Daqiaotou Children and Youth Base, and taught the children about network communication and how to become a good digital citizen through lively contents. On that day, D-Link volunteer engineers first helped the organization set up the donated laptops, and then carefully checked and tested the network signals in the organization before the children finished their classes, and helped install new network equipment that could improve the communication quality. After the children have finished their homeworks, the volunteers will teach them how the Internet works, how signals are transmitted, what digital footprints are, the importance of information security, and how to protect their personal information…etc. It made the first-time volunteers felt touched when looking at these juvenile faces, who sometimes listening carefully, sometimes whispering and discussing, and sometimes bravely and confidently answering questions.

Social Engagement Statistics in 2023

DATE
Project/Event
Invested Resources
Results
Social Influence
SDGs
1/16-17
D-Link Everlasting Donations – Second-hand Clothing
4,906
  • A total of 47 people participated and donated 847 pieces of clothing.
Invited employees to respond by donating second-hand clothes, assist the Eden Foundation to integrate resources, and make the best use of everything to donate to vulnerable families at home and abroad to show D-Link’s care.
2/16
Hundred-Person Charity Blood Donation
18,297
  • A total of 86 people participated and donated 134 bags of blood.
Initiated by the Care Club, colleagues and neighboring businesses were invited to collectively respond to the 8th Internal Medicine Thousand People Blood Donation Event, and buy products from sheltered workshops as gifts, encouraging not only blood donation but also aiding the self-sufficiency of the disadvantaged.
 
3/16-17
D-Link Everlasting Donations – Second-hand Books
3,009
  • A total of 33 people participated, donated 397 books amounting to $1,236.
D-Link partnered with SPBOOK bookstore to collect the books, while SPBook assumed the responsibility in selling them for charity. This initiative ensures that books and knowledge reach the places where they are truly needed. All proceeds from the charity sale were donated to the social welfare organization designated by D-Link – the Foundation for Stray Animals, to show compassion for stray animals and find shelters form them.
3/29
D-Link, The Link
4,962
  • Conducted network checkups, donated a switch, offered Internet and information security education, and provided meals for underprivileged students.
  • A total of 4 people participated in the network checkups, and a total of 26 teachers and students participated in Internet and information security education.
Conducted network checkups and provided Internet and information security education for the “New Taipei City Happy Family Community Care Association”. By doing so, D-Link tech professionals were outreaching to meet societal needs and showing goodwill.
    
4/15
Beach Cleanup Event – Pick up Plastics, Reduce Plastics
43,710
  • A total of 26 people participated, and 20 bags of marine garbage were cleared in 1 hour.
Organized the Lingshan Cape Trail Coastal Cleanup Event, A joint effort by the Care Club and the Outing Club. 30 volunteers cleared out 20 bags of marine waste in just one hour.
4/20-21
D-Link Everlasting Donations – Second-hand Toys
3,238
  • A total of 26 people participated and donated 154 toys.
To protect the Earth and share resources, D-Link rallied its employees to donate the collected second-hand toys to the “Taiwan Toy Library Association”. As an environmental conservation and education initiative, it aims to spread companionship to every corner of society through age-appropriate and suitable toys and curriculum activities.
   
5/25-26
D-Link Everlasting Donations – Second-hand Children’s Books
2,462
  • A total of 30 people participated and donated 391 children’s books.
D-Link partnered with SPBOOK bookstore to collect the books, while SPBook assumed the responsibility in selling them for charity. This initiative aims to pass on books that are in good condition but no long suitable for the children at home to read, so they are delivered to the next reader in need for the joy of reading. All proceeds from the charity sale were donated to the social welfare organization designated by D-Link – the Foundation for Stray Animals.
 
6/29-30
D-Link Everlasting Donations – Second-hand Clothing
4,359
  • A total of 56 people participated and donated 2,002 pieces of clothing.
The second annual second-hand clothing collection event, aimed at assisting the Eden Foundation in resource integration and making the best use of everything to impoverished families both domestically and internationally, to show warmth and compassion while also contributing to environmental conservation.
 

Total

84,941

D-Link Donation  for Second-Hand Clothes 2023
Hundred-Person Charity Blood Donations 2023
D-Link Donation  for Second-Hand Books 2023
D-Link, The Link 2023
Beach Cleanup Event 2023
D-Link Donation  for Second-Hand Toys 2023
D-Link Donation  for Second-Hand Children’s Books 2023
D-Link Donation  for Second-Hand Clothes 2023